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American Campus Communities Inc, et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘XML’

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11/03/17  American Campus Communities Inc   10-Q        9/30/17   83:10M
          American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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33: R18         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML    100K 
34: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     40K 
35: R20         Segments                                            HTML    204K 
36: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     32K 
37: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     81K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    148K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R24         Acquisitions and Joint Venture Investments          HTML     72K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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42: R27         On-Campus Participating Properties (Tables)         HTML     56K 
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45: R30         Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)                   HTML     32K 
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                (Tables)                                                         
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50: R35         Organization and Description of Business -          HTML     65K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Estimated Useful Lives of Assets (Details)                       
52: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     40K 
                Additional Information (Detail Textuals)                         
53: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Potentially Dilutive Securities Not Included in                  
                Calculating Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details)                 
54: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     59K 
                Summary of Elements Used in Calculating Basic and                
                Diluted Earnings per Share (Details)                             
55: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     61K 
                Summary of Elements Used in Calculating Basic and                
                Diluted Earnings per Unit (Details)                              
56: R41         Acquisitions and Joint Venture Investments -        HTML    107K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
57: R42         Acquisitions and Joint Venture Investments -        HTML     60K 
                Schedule of Business Aquisitions by Acquisition                  
                (Details)                                                        
58: R43         Property Dispositions - Additional Information      HTML     43K 
                (Detail Textuals)                                                
59: R44         Property Dispositions - Summary of Properties       HTML     31K 
                Classified as Held for Sale (Details)                            
60: R45         Investments in Wholly-Owned Properties - Summary    HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R46         Investments in Wholly-Owned Properties - Summary    HTML     37K 
                (Detail Textuals)                                                
62: R47         On-Campus Participating Properties (Details)        HTML     64K 
63: R48         Debt - Summary of Outstanding Consolidated          HTML     69K 
                Indebtedness, Including Unamortized Debt Premiums                
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64: R49         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     92K 
65: R50         Debt - Summary of Senior Unsecured Notes (Details)  HTML     49K 
66: R51         Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital -          HTML     53K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
67: R52         Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital - Summary  HTML     36K 
                of Equity Program Activity (Details)                             
68: R53         Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information   HTML     53K 
                (Detail Textuals)                                                
69: R54         Noncontrolling Interests - Summarized Activity of   HTML     48K 
                Redeemable Limited Partners (Details)                            
70: R55         Incentive Award Plan - Additional Information       HTML     46K 
                (Detail Textuals)                                                
71: R56         Incentive Award Plan - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     35K 
                Unit (Details)                                                   
72: R57         Incentive Award Plan - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     36K 
                Awards (Details)                                                 
73: R58         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     46K 
                Summary of Outstanding Interest Rate Swap                        
                Contracts (Details)                                              
74: R59         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     32K 
                Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments and               
                Classification on Consolidated Balance Sheet                     
                (Details)                                                        
75: R60         Fair Value Disclosures - Financial Instruments      HTML     43K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
76: R61         Fair Value Disclosures - Estimated Fair Value and   HTML     39K 
                Related Carrying Amounts of Mortgage Loans and                   
                Bonds Payable (Details)                                          
77: R62         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     82K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R63         Segments - Additional Information (Details)         HTML     26K 
79: R64         Segments - Summary (Details)                        HTML    103K 
80: R65         Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details)             HTML     69K 
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